“The Italians are very unmusical. If I go to a Protestant church in London or Ams…” — Gian Carlo Menotti

I thought conceptual art was a joke.

There are three reasons why I live in Scotland. First, I like silence, and you have to be a millionaire to buy silence in Italy. Second, I like cold weather. Third, in Italy I have too many relatives and know too many people, so I never get a quiet time.

It's always what you did before. The year before is always so much better. Even when the critics hated what you did then, it always looks better five years later.

I'm not very sympathetic to the tendency to bring art to the people.